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Post by lockebox on Feb 1, 2011 13:43:10 GMT -5
Slightly suprising given the current state of alternative. I guess radio just couldn't ignore this one.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 5, 2011 0:09:13 GMT -5
I do like this better than their other singles.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Feb 6, 2011 0:17:12 GMT -5
I think the Alternative performance might have something to do with how the 'music obsessives' community has been taking to the band lately. At the other music sites I visit, Alter Bridge is getting mild praise for being a good modern hard rock alternative to stuff like My Darkest Days (I haven't even listened to any My Darkest Days yet and have no desire to) and "rising above their origins" (in reference to Creed, obv). Myself, I'm not entirely sure what I think of them. This song does seem to be better than just about anything on Active Rock right now, but it's not really amazing.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 6, 2011 11:39:20 GMT -5
I think dissociative may be on to something. I think after the Creed reunion, and now with people hearing this, this is the first era for AB where they're more successful than Creed at this point and largely out of Creed's shadows. That coupled with a #1 on active probably has finally allowed some alt listeners to think that AB is "cooler" than they ever imagined possible.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 9, 2011 8:50:23 GMT -5
All I hear is Creed with a better singer every time I hear these guys. Not awful, but never able to escape the past.
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Post by pen on Feb 9, 2011 10:10:36 GMT -5
Only if you're deaf.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 9, 2011 13:57:34 GMT -5
What?
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Post by Devin on Feb 9, 2011 18:36:47 GMT -5
Artie, this is way more metal-leaning than anything Creed has ever recorded. Sure, there may be little flickers of Creed in Alter Bridge in the past, but this album doesn't sound Creed at all.
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Post by pen on Feb 9, 2011 18:51:48 GMT -5
Artie needs to lay off the weed.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 9, 2011 19:56:56 GMT -5
Artie, this is way more metal-leaning than anything Creed has ever recorded. I agree in general with the fact that Alter Bridge doesn't sound like Creed with a different singer, but I'd say musically, the Creed songs "Bullets", "What If", and "Who's Got My Back?" foreshadowed the potential for Alter Bridge to take the direction that they now have on their last two albums.
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Post by Pipa on Feb 9, 2011 20:34:45 GMT -5
It's true, these guys are gaining their own "cred". It's like they're starting from scratch with most people.
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